Join our community of 450 students and 20 teachers!

​Always wanted to learn an instrument?
Need a fun and rewarding creative outlet?
Looking to act on your inspirations and goals?
Want to join a warm, supportive community?

You came to the right place! It's time to make moves.
There are 2 ways to get started:

Book an intake call

• Submit our inquiry form and book a 10 minute call with us to match you with a teacher and find a time slot
• Can pick an intro lesson or just grab a slot and enroll
• Get help with any questions

Book an Intro Yourself

• ​Enroll at the front desk after the lesson!
• Try out different teachers to see if they're the right fit first
• The recurring slot is not locked in until you enroll

​Learning takes more than one session. Establishing a routine of lessons and practice with a high quality, inspiring coach is the best way to achieve growth and enjoy the ride.
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Our goal is to help people ​live more balanced, fulfilling lives.
​Join our community and do what you've always wanted to do!

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Meet our Lessons Management Team
(we're all musicians!)

Miles Ryan 
7DC Executive Director

Miles founded 7DC in 2010 teaching drums in his living room. He loves progressive rock, and Phish, has a black lab named Remo, and is originally from Boston.

Massimo Zaru-Roque
Lessons Manager

Massimo plays bass and has a music degree from George Mason. He performs with Cinema Hearts, and also teaches here on Fridays.

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Julia White
New Students Manager

Julia enjoys thrifting, doing pottery, and hosting dinner parties. A proud lifelong learner, she’s passionate about the power of live performance and building community through the arts.

Katie Pindell
​Accounts Manager

In her former professional life, Katie was a financial consultant; now she enjoys being a part of the 7DrumCity team, singing and playing guitar with Candyweather, getting outside for hiking and backpacking, and spending time with loved ones.

Chris Luis-Jorge
Accounts Manager

Chris is a fiction writer and the bassist in the band Burden's Landing. In his free time, Chris enjoys reading, movies, and powerlifting.

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The Original "7 Drum Lessons"

1. Establish awareness
2. Identify patterns
3. Start slow and count out loud
4. Isolate and loop the hard part
5. Repeat until effortless
6. Explore variations
7. Make it groove

This approach works. By addressing each of these concepts while learning anything, 7DC students improve dramatically, build a strong foundation, and have more fun doing it.

 You can learn much more material in much less time if you understand and address the psychological process of learning, because you can tailor the order and pace of the material presented, and practice effectively.

 1. Establish awareness -- You'll always develop quicker if you can (a) coach yourself, and (b) anchor new concepts to areas you're already familiar with. 
2. Identify patterns -- Any beat or song can be deconstructed and/or simplified to the point where anyone could play it. This is the key that unlocks coordination.
3. Start slowly and count out loud -- Verbally speaking what you're trying to play accelerates learning. Play slowly so you get it right the first time!
4. Isolate and loop the hard part -- Repeating the beat, or even a portion of the beat, until you can play the coordination challenge correctly without thinking about it or looking at the music. 
5. Repeat until effortless -- Repetition is how you build muscle memory, which allows you to play things easily. Without it, it's still new and you'll forget!
6. Explore variations -- Try altering the phrase slightly or changing the key, or something wild but related. This makes the actual exercise seem easy, taps into your creativity, and transforms you into a great musician.
7. Make it groove -- Different than playing the exercise correctly! Striving to "feel" the phrase, enjoy playing it, and find the same excitement you get from listening to awesome music